TITLE: Housing Market Faces Long-Term Shift as Affordability Begins to Improve In the heart of a bustling city, a young couple stands in front of a modest home, weighing their options.

With mortgage rates still high and wages slowly rising, they know buying a home won’t be easy.

But for the first time in over a decade, the path to homeownership may be slightly clearer.

Next year marks the start of what experts are calling the Great Housing Reset, a period of gradual recovery where home prices will grow slower than wages, offering a glimmer of hope for first-time buyers.

Experts at Newsweek predict that while the housing market will not experience a nationwide crash, it will see a significant shift in buyer behavior and pricing.

Existing home sales are expected to reach around 4 million by 2026, a modest increase from current levels.